95 million gallons of storm and wastewater spill into Louisville creeks after treatment plant failure

10:55 AM,
Jan. 14, 2013

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The Courier-Journal

The Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District says 95 million gallons of storm and wastewater overflowed into Pond and Mill creeks after a "major failure" Sunday shut down the Derek R. Guthrie Water Quality Treatment Center in southwest Jefferson County.

The failure of the plant's mechanical screening system at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday came after more than three inches of rain over two days, the sewer district said. One screen was repaired by Sunday night, allowing part of the wastewater plant to restart.